til

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See sesame.

prep. Until.

conj. Until. See Usage Note at till2.

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conj. until, till

prep. until, till

prep. ~ to: as far as; down to; up to, until

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

prep. See till.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

A simplified spelling of till.

An old spelling of till.

n. The sesame, or its seed. Also teel.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

Hindi, from Sanskrit tilaḥ.

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From Middle English til, from Old English til ("to, until"), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”). Compare to Old Frisian til

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